Award-Winning Drummer

Award-Winning Drummer (also released as Max Roach) is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring a session recorded in 1958 and released on the Time label.

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated the group was "among the finest hard bop ensembles around".

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except as indicated,

1. "Tuba de Nod" — 3:56
2. "Milano" (John Lewis) — 5:09
3. "Variations on the Scene" (George Coleman) — 5:37
4. "Pies of Quincy" — 3:19
5. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) — 4:16
6. "Sadiga" (Coleman) — 6:31
7. "Gandolfo's Bounce" (Booker Little) — 5:38
8. "Milano" [alternate take] (Lewis) — 6:33 <small>bonus track on iTunes release</small>
9. "Old Folks" [alternate take] (Hill, Robison) — 4:31 <small>bonus track on iTunes release</small>
10. "Gandolfo's Bounce" [alternate take] (Little) — 6:12 <small>bonus track on iTunes release</small>

Personnel

• Max Roach — drums
• Booker Little — trumpet
• George Coleman — tenor saxophone
• Ray Draper — tuba
• Art Davis — bass

References